LED WITH UPSTANDING NANOWIRE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SUCH

摘要

The present invention relates to light emitting diodes, LEDs. In particular the invention relates to a LED comprising a nanowire as an active component. The nanostructured LED according to the invention comprises a substrate and at an upstanding nanowire protruding from the substrate. A pn-junction giving an active region (120) to produce light is present within the structure. The nanowire (110) or a structure formed from the nanowire, forms a wavewaveguide (116) directing at least a portion of the light produced in the active region in a direction given by the nanowire (110).